Emil Ludvig Peter Jørgensen (7 February 1882 in

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– 23 March 1947 in Gentofte) was a Danish amateur

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player and administrator. He played four games for the

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, and won a silver medal at the

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Biography

Jørgensen was an energetic and strong half back, with a knack for going on the offensive to shoot from the distance. He represented Danish clubs ØB and B 93. He made his Danish national team debut in October 1911.Danish national team profile
/ref> He was part of the Danish team, which won the

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in the football tournament of the 1912 Summer Olympics. He had trouble getting the days off at his everyday workplace in the Copenhagen tax office, so Jørgensen missed the first Danish game of the tournament. He played two matches in the tournament and scored one goal as Denmark defeated

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4-1 in the semi-final.DatabaseOlympics profile
/ref> Jørgensen and Denmark lost the final to

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. His last international game came in October 1912, and all in all, Jørgensen played four games and scored one goal for Denmark. With B 93, he won the club's first

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in 1916. He ended his career in 1917, having played 115 games and scored 11 goals for B 93 since his debut in 1901. During his active career, Jørgensen took the job of unpaid secretary of the Copenhagen Football Association in 1915, a position he kept until he died in 1947. He was also in the Danish national team selection committee, which job it was to choose the roster for the national team. Additionally, he was a youth coach at B.93.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jorgensen, Emil 1882 births 1947 deaths Danish men's footballers Denmark men's international footballers Boldklubben af 1893 players Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Denmark Olympic silver medalists for Denmark Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1912 Summer Olympics Men's association football midfielders